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Film made by Sheffield College student Joe O'Connor for University of Sheffield student conference 'Generation Rent' October 2014.
Danny Dorling discussing 'Generation Rent' with Carl Lee.
Can today's Brit...

The Twittersphere became intresting on Friday with news that the office of national statistics had released the private rental index data showing that UK rents had increased by JUST 1.7% in the last year.
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Actions, they say, speak louder than words. Well on the 4th February, Generation Rent will get it's chance to make ripples in the election news cycle. If you rent and you feel your needs are marginalised and i...

So it's technically £40 a month but we couldn't find anything for £150pm in London. In this arrangement you work as this persons cleaner and eBay seller for 35 hours per week. For free. In exchange for a room...

An exclusive poll for tenants’ campaign Generation Rent published today shows that Britain overwhelmingly backs the return of rent controls. The poll by Survation of 1,009 people on 18th and 19th December sho...

It's not really our job to comment on wider issues outside the rental sector, however, as the New Era Estate tenants and Mr Brand have scored what can only be described as an incredible victory today - I hope ...

Rent prices are rising faster in Scotland than anywhere else in the UK, according to new ­figures.
Average monthly rents north of the Border have risen by more than a tenth, 11.7 per cent, in the past year ...

Here at generation-rent.com we've long believed that the commoditisation of housing is a truly evil thing. The first time that we've seen that ethos put into words has appeared upon The Guardians website.
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An interesting angle by Alex Hilton at generationrent.org. It's fairly true to say that the year you where born in now plays a large part in your chances for owning your own home.
Young people think they’re...